African Political Economy

Our regular seminars are a forum for members to present working papers, and for a discussion of new research in the field. These seminars are open to all faculty, fellows, and PhD students working on issues of African politics, or related development or political economy issues. The group also jointly hosts a yearly Working Group on African Political Economy, which is an all-day conference for the discussion of ongoing research in African politics and political economy by UK and EU scholars.

Organisers: Joachim Wehner (GV), Ryan Jablonski (GV)

Seminars of the African Political Economy Group will be on Zoom during the Michaelmas Term, on Wednesdays from 4-5:30pm in weeks 3, 5, 7 and 10. Members will receive access details in advance of meetings. The schedule for the Lent Term will be confirmed later.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact gov.comms@lse.ac.uk. 

Upcoming events

Michaelmas Term

• 14 October 2020, 4:00-5:30pm
  Anne Della-Guardia, LSE
  Targeting and Intra-Communal Relations in Chad’s National Safety Net Program
  (with Milli Lake)
• 28 October 2020, 4:00-5:30pm
  Nonso Obikili, UN and CDG
  Prison Labor: The Price of Prisons and the Lasting Effects of Incarceration
  (with Belinda Archibong)
• 11 November 2020, 4:00-5:30pm
  Daniel de Kadt, UC Merced
  

  Electoral accountability and state violence: The political legacy of the Marikana massacre

• 2 December 2020, 4:00-5:30pm
  Amanda Robinson, Ohio State University
  The Political Implications of Ethnic Visibility

Lent Term

• 4 February 2021, 5:00-6:30pm
  Stan Markus, University of Southern California with Mogens Justesen, Copenhagen Business School
  Electoral oligarchy: voter support for tycoon candidates in South Africa
  Please note different date and time - this seminar is co-hosted with the Comparative Politics and Comparative Political Economy Workshop
• 17 February 2021, 4:00-5:30pm
  Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai (University of Ghana Business School)
• 4 March 2021, 5:00-6:30pm
  

  Catherine Boone (LSE) with Michael Wahman (MSU)
  From Identity to Economy: Regional Cleavage in African Electoral Politics
  Please note different date and time - this seminar is co-hosted with the Comparative Politics and Comparative Political Economy Workshop